Note: this study guide is based on Ragtime (Version 2) which has been produced on the West End, the Touring Broadway production, and in regional theatres around the world. Morgan, Emma Goldman, Harry Houdini, Evelyn Nesbit and Henry Ford, this musical sweeps across the diversity of the American experience to create a stirring epic that captures the beats of the American experience: the marches, the cakewalks and - of course, the ragtime. Featuring many of the historical figures that built and shaped turn-of-the-century America, including J.P.
Together, they discover the surprising interconnections of the human heart, the limitations of justice and the unsettling consequences when dreams are permanently deferred. Over the course of the show, the worlds of a wealthy white couple, a Jewish immigrant father and his motherless daughter, and an African American ragtime musician intertwine. Tracking three diverse families in pursuit of the American dream in the volatile “melting pot” of turn-of-the-century New York, Ragtime confronts the dialectic contradictions inherent in American reality: experiences of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair. Doctrow, Ahren’s and Flaherty’s Ragtime is a compelling epic capturing the American experience at the turn of the 20th century. Her short stories and essays have been published nationally and have earned nominations for Best American Essays and the Pushcart Prize.įrom : "Based on the novel of the same name by E.L.
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She wrote the teleplay adaptation of A Christmas Carol for NBC, and the adapted screenplay for the movie version of Lucky Stiff.
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She is a mainstay singer/songwriter for ABC-TV’s famed animated series Schoolhouse Rock, and she provided lyrics for the holiday extravaganza A Christmas Carol (composer, Alan Menken) which ran for ten holiday seasons at Madison Square Garden. She received the Betty Comden Lilly Award for Lyrics, and Syracuse University’s highest honor, the Arents Award. Ahrens is an Emmy Award-winner for her work as a television writer and producer. Ahrens and Flaherty are Council members of the Dramatists Guild of America and proud co-founders of the DGF Fellows Program for Emerging Writers. In 2015 they were inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame.
Their mutual honors include the Oscar Hammerstein Award for Lifetime Achievement, London’s Olivier Award and four Grammy nominations. Their many stage credits include Broadway’s Once On This Island and its recent revival (2018 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical) Seussical (one of the most produced shows in America) Rocky Ragtime (Broadway premiere and 2009 revival) Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life Lincoln Center Theater’s My Favorite Year, A Man of No Importance, Dessa Rose and The Glorious Ones Lucky Stiff and two upcoming musicals, Knoxville and Marie. They wrote the score for Twentieth Century Fox’s animated feature film Anastasia, earning two Academy Award nominations and two Golden Globe nominations, and they also adapted the hit musical Anastasia for Broadway. They are considered the foremost theatrical songwriting team of their generation.įor Broadway’s Ragtime, Ahrens and Flaherty won the Tony Award, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards. Lynn Ahrens has enjoyed a musical partnership with composer Stephen Flaherty since 1983.
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